Monday, October 6, 2014

Let the Democrat's blame game begin...

Tempers are running high a month out from Election Day, with polls
showing Democratic candidates trailing in the crucial battleground
states that will decide whether control of Congress flips to
Republicans.
The behind-the-scenes tension broke into the open last week
when former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) questioned
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) decision not to endorse
Democrat Rick Weiland in South Dakota’s Senate race. Pro-immigrant
advocacy groups, meanwhile, are saying Democrats should not blame them
if Latino voters don’t turn up to the polls on Election Day. They say
President Obama made a tactical blunder by postponing an executive order
easing deportations.
And grassroots organizers are grumbling
about Alison Lundergan Grimes’s (D-Ky.) bid to take down Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), arguing her campaign has been
disorganized.
“Yes, you’ve seen pre-emptive finger pointing in the
last couple of weeks,” said Gerald Warburg, a former Senate Democratic
leadership aide and assistant dean at the University of Virginia’s Frank
Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
"I used to work in
the Democratic caucus and some of the toughest shootouts we ever
engaged in were when we stood in a circle and fired at each other. I
think you see a little bit of that now," he said.
With control of
the Senate in jeopardy, some Democrats are eyeing potential scapegoats:
Obama’s low approval rating; low turnout from Hispanic voters; overly
centrist messaging; and the media, to name just a few.
One of the
Senate’s most vulnerable incumbents, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) recently
said he wants to replace Reid by electing Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
as majority leader. He made the comments at a fundraiser, according to
audio obtained by The Washington Free Beacon.